Legal Opinion

Native Village of Eklutna v. United States Department of the Interior

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided September 22, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2019-2388Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIVE VILLAGE OF EKLUTNA, Plaintiff, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, et al., No. 19-cv-2388 (DLF) Defendants, and STATE OF ALASKA, Defendant-Intervenor. MEMORANDUM OPINION “[O]ne problem has always plagued most Alaska Native governments—the lack of a clearly defined territory subject to their jurisdiction.” David S. Case & David A. Voluck, Alaska Natives and American Laws 33 (3d ed. 2012). The complexity of this problem—and what sets it apart from federal-Indian relations in the Lower 48—is due in no small part to Alaska-specific…

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